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The Campus Life Weekly is a weekly publication produced and distributed by the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. It was launched in the Fall of 2010 to serve as a vehicle to aid students in advertising and learning about events and activities that were open to the entire student population -- thus encouraging interdisciplinary interaction.

Steve Noblett, executive director of CCHF will speak about the work of over 300 clinics serving the underserved around the country as well as opportunities for students to be involved. All are invited! Lunch will be served.

Historically, universities have made contributions to their host cities by providing advanced instruction to train professionals, applying research initiatives to address local needs, and developing collegiate public service programs to address community concerns. All of these activities are part of the University of Maryland mission; however, urban universities across the United States are considering other ways in which they may directly intervene to stem the decline of neighborhoods that surround them. Join us as we continue our year-long discussion on Urban Renewal with Ira Harkavy of University of Pennsylvania.A reception will follow the event.

Abstracts are required for journal articles, conference papers, and fellowship applications. This workshop will teach skills needed to write an effective abstract, across disciplines. Participants will have the opportunity to assemble their own abstract. For speakers of other languages, strategies for crafting English-language abstracts will be analyzed.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) classes are once again available to all UMB students. This program helps you enhance your overall health and quality of life through simple and effective stress reduction techniques taught by professional instructors, Deborah Rejent, DSW, MSSW, MA, and Catherine Kelleher, RN, MS, MPH, ScD. Learn how to use mindfulness techniques like meditation, body scans, mindful eating, and gentle yoga to manage the stresses of everyday life. Enrollment is limited and there is a $50 materials fee.

Alicia Ashley Weathersby began her career as a "primitive" artist making jewelry. Infusing this technique with crafting and fine arts she developed her own distinctive style of expression. Her collage technique include a combination of mixed media: metal, wire, textured and handmade papers, paint, cloth and fibers that marry to create a rare three dimensional effect. Please join us as we celebrate Alicia Ashley Weathersby.

Join filmmaker, Andre Robert Lee, as he takes a journey back in time to revisit the events of his adolescence while also spending time with current day prep school students of color and their classmates to see how much has really changed inside the ivory tower. What he discovers along the way is the poignant and unapologetic truth about who really pays the consequences for yesterday's accelerated desegregation and today's racial naivete.

Attendees will be treated to delicate and delicious traditional Chinese cuisine while enjoying traditional Chinese and Latin style dancingperformances. After the food, the party will continue with big screen movies, card games, chess play (both Chinese and international)!

This dinner party is a fantastic opportunity to embrace and have fun with old friends, and make new ones. For more information contact Jacky Lin at jackyzq.lin@gmail.com.

Global Medical Brigades @ UM

1st General Body Interest Meeting!

Monday, February 6, 2012

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

SMC Campus Center 351

We're a student-led multidisciplinary organization dedicated to serving healthcare and education to Central American residents who have limited access to healthcare.

Learn about what we've accomplished this past January in the Darien region of Panama, and about our upcoming brigade this summer!

In this hands-on recycling workshop, local environmental scientist Sarah Koser, will show attendees the difference between trash and recyclables. Sorting "garbage" from recycling, Koser will talk fact vs. fiction about the entire recycling process.

Interdisciplinary teams of students will have an opportunity to utilize the abundance of available health data to develop effective, innovative, new applications that take on the nation's pressing health issues.